April 3 is the 93th day of the year (94st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining.
- 1783 - Washington Irving, author (+ 1859)
- 1822 - Edward Everett Hale[?], writer, (+ 1909)
- 1823 - William Marcy Tweed, political boss (+ 1878)
- 1885 - Allan Dwan, film director ( + 1981)
- 1893 - Leslie Howard, actor (+ 1943)
- 1898 - George Jessel[?], comedian (+ 1981)
- 1903 - Peter Huchel[?], lyricist and author of radio plays (+ 1981)
- 1904 - Sally Rand[?], dancer (+ 1979)
- 1907 - Iron Eyes Cody[?], actor (+ 1999)
- 1916 - Herb Caen[?], newspaper columnist (+ 1997)
- 1924 - Doris Day, actress
- 1924 - Marlon Brando, actor
- 1925 - Tony Benn, British politician
- 1926 - Gus Grissom, astronaut (+ 1967)
- 1930 - Helmut Kohl, politician, German Bundeskanzler from 1982 to 1998
- 1934 - Jane Goodall, zoologist
- 1942 - Marsha Mason, actress
- 1942 - Wayne Newton[?], singer
- 1944 - Tony Orlando[?], musician
- 1949 - Richard Thompson, musician, songwriter
- 1958 - Alec Baldwin, actor
- 1959 - David Hyde Pierce[?], actor
- 1961 - Eddie Murphy, actor and comedian
- 1968 - Sebastian Bach[?], musician ("Skid Row")
- 1986 - Amanda Bynes, teen actress and show host
- 1882 - Jesse James, outlaw
- 1897 - Johannes Brahms, composer
- 1901 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, impresario
- 1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald, chemist
- 1936 - Bruno Hauptmann[?], convicted of killing Charles Lindbergh Jr.
- 1950 - Kurt Weill, composer
- 1986 - Richard Manuel[?], musician ("The Band")
- 1988 - Milt Caniff[?], cartoonist
- 1990 - Sarah Vaughn[?], singer
- 1991 - Graham Greene, writer
- 1993 - Pinky Lee[?], children's television host
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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December